Legal Opinion

Brown, David Earl

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided March 19, 2014No. PD-1723-12Published

1Opinion of the Court

IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF TEXAS NO. PD-1723-12 DAVID EARL BROWN, Appellant v. THE STATE OF TEXAS ON STATE’S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW FROM THE FIRST COURT OF APPEALS HARRIS COUNTY C OCHRAN, J., filed a concurring opinion in which M EYERS and A LCALA, JJ., joined. I join the majority opinion and agree to remand this case for a retrospective competency hearing. I write separately because the resolution of this unusual case is largely dependant upon its specific facts. We do not frequently encounter the situation in which a defendant has shot himself in the head during the…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Drope v. MissouriSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
  2. United States v. Paul Eugene MasonCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1995
  3. United States v. Frederick Charles Latham, Jr.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1989
  4. Druery v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2013
  5. Bottom v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1993

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